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A Laboratory Model for Heroin Abuse Medications - 8

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What is being tested

opiates

Drug
Who is being recruted

Heroin Dependence

+ Opioid-Related Disorders
+ Substance-Related Disorders
From 18 to 45 Years
How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 2
Interventional
Study Start: August 1995

Summary

Principal SponsorNew York State Psychiatric Institute
Last updated: July 5, 2017
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Study start date: August 1, 1995Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of treatment medications (methadone, buprenorphine, LAAM, naltrexone, naltrexone microcapsules, and methoclocinnamox) on I.V. and smoked heroin self-administration." Abuse of prescription opioid medications has increased dramatically in the U.S. during the past decade, as indicated by a variety of epidemiological sources. However, few studies have systematically examined the relative reinforcing effects of commonly abused opioid medications. The current inpatient study was designed to compare the effects of intravenously delivered fentanyl , oxycodone, morphine, buprenorphine and heroin in morphine-maintained heroin abusers. All of the participants received all of the drugs tested; drugs and doses were administered in non-systematic order.

Official TitleA Laboratory Model for Heroin Abuse Medications 
Principal SponsorNew York State Psychiatric Institute
Last updated: July 5, 2017
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details
8 patients to be enrolledTotal number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.
Treatment Study
These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.

How participants are assigned to different groups/arms
In this clinical study, all participants receive the same treatment. Since there is only one group, there is no need for randomization or assignment to different arms. This type of study is often used to test a new treatment without comparing it to another.

Other Ways to Assign Participants
Randomized allocation
: Participants are assigned randomly, like flipping a coin, to ensure fairness and reduce bias.

Non-randomized allocation
: Participants are assigned based on specific factors, such as their medical condition or a doctor's decision.

How treatments are given to participants
In this study, all participants receive the same treatment. This approach is often used to evaluate the effects of a single intervention without comparing it to another.

Other Ways to Assign Treatments
Parallel assignment
: Participants are split into separate groups, each receiving a different treatment.

Cross-over assignment
: Participants switch between treatments during the study.

Factorial assignment
: Participants receive different combinations of treatments.

Sequential assignment
: Participants receive treatments one after another in a specific order, possibly based on individual responses.

Other assignment
: Treatment assignment does not follow a standard or predefined design.

How the effectiveness of the treatment is controlled
In a non placebo-controlled study, no participants receive an inert substance (placebo) to compare outcomes. Instead, all participants receive either the experimental treatment or an alternative treatment (often the Standard of Care). This method allows researchers to compare the effects of the experimental treatment with those of a different active intervention, rather than a placebo.

Other Options
Placebo-Controlled
: A placebo is used to compare the effects of the experimental treatment with those of an inert substance, isolating the true treatment effect.

How the interventions assigned to participants is kept confidential
Everyone involved in the study knows which treatment is being given. This is typically used when it's not possible or necessary to hide the treatment details from participants or researchers.

Other Ways to Mask Information
Single-blind
: Participants do not know which treatment they are receiving, but researchers do.

Double-blind
: Neither participants nor researchers know which treatment is given.

Triple-blind
: Participants, researchers, and outcome assessors do not know which treatment is given.

Quadruple-blind
: Participants, researchers, outcome assessors, and care providers all do not know which treatment is given.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria
Any sexBiological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.
From 18 to 45 YearsRange of ages for which participants are eligible to join.
Healthy volunteers not allowedIf individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.
Conditions
Pathology
Heroin Dependence
Opioid-Related Disorders
Substance-Related Disorders
Criteria
No eligibility criteria are available at this time.Please check with the study contact for more details. 
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Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives
One single intervention group 

is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups
Group I
Experimental
Opiate-dependent individuals who were currently not seeking treatment for their drug use, completed the 6-week protocol.
Study Objectives
Primary Objectives

All of the participants received all of the drugs tested; drugs and doses were administered in non-systematic order. Participants were instructed to choose between the dose that they had received during the sample session or another reward..
Secondary Objectives

Four questionnaires were used to assess subjective effects

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.
This study has 2 locations
Suspended
Columbia UniversityNew York, United StatesSee the location
Suspended
New York State Psychiatric InstituteNew York, United States

Completed2 Study Centers
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